The City of St. Louis' Economic Justice Action Plan includes many cross-departmental initiatives focused on vacant property revitalization. These include programs to stabilize and preserve vacant buildings whenever possible and demolish and deconstruct them when necessary. Other programs focus on helping residents steward, beautify, and develop vacant lots and green infrastructure. Still, other priorities include redeveloping properties into quality housing, preserving historic architecture, and home repair programs to enable owners to age in place. 

In this session, learn about the creation and implementation of these various initiatives—which leverage federal, state, local, and private funding sources—and how they interact and continue to evolve.